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Research could have a green solution for food safety

(PhysOrg.com) -- Life in the fruit bowl is no longer the pits, thanks to a University of Alberta researcher.

Chemistry / Other

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Two food additives with previously unrecognized estrogen-like effects in two food additives

Scientists in Italy are reporting development and successful use of a fast new method to identify food additives that act as so-called "xenoestrogens" — substances with estrogen-like effects that are stirring ...

Chemistry / Other

created Mar 02, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (9) | comments 0




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UCLA life scientists view biodiversity through a whole new dimension

(Phys.org) -- How can blue whales, the largest animals on the planet, survive by feeding on krill, shrimp-like creatures that are the size of a penny? According to UCLA life scientists, it's all a matter of ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 31, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Zircon crystals reveal onset of plate tectonics

(Phys.org) -- We're familiar with the theory that the Earth's crust is composed of tectonic plates that move, sometimes dramatically to create earthquakes and tsunamis - but until recently, nobody knew how ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

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Trapped dental 'calculus' holds clues to ancient human diets and health

Many ancient human teeth, including specimens tens of thousands of years old, still hold onto tiny pieces of food -- and even bacteria. Anthropologists are studying the tartar attached to ancient human teeth ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created May 31, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers identify mechanism that maintains stem cells readiness

An immune-system receptor plays an unexpected but crucially important role in keeping stem cells from differentiating and in helping blood cancer cells grow, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center report today in the ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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Prehistoric cold case links humans to Tasmanian megafauna extinctions

A team of Australian and New Zealand researchers have discovered fresh evidence that could finally unravel the mystery of what killed Tasmania's giant marsupials over 40,000 years ago.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created May 28, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0

NamibRand nature reserve becomes Africa's first international Dark Sky reserve

Namibiaʼs NamibRand Nature Reserve, one of Africaʼs largest private nature reserves, has expanded its conservation role to include preserving the star-filled nighttime skies that shine above its dunes and mountains. ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Managing biodiversity data from local government

Local governments around the world have a new tool to help share and use vast amounts of biodiversity knowledge collected in the course of their work.

Biology / Ecology

created May 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Not a one-way street: Evolution shapes environment of Connecticut lakes

Environmental change is the selective force that preserves adaptive traits in organisms and is a primary driver of evolution. However, it is less well known that evolutionary change in organisms also trigger ...

Biology / Evolution

created May 23, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Geological record shows air up there came from below

(Phys.org) -- The influence of the ground beneath us on the air around us could be greater than scientists had previously thought, according to new research that links the long-ago proliferation of oxygen ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 23, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Houston museum unveils $85 million dinosaur hall

(AP) -- Pups in her womb, a large eye visible behind the rib cage, one baby stuck in the birth canal: all fossilized evidence that this ancient marine beast, the Ichthyosaur, died in childbirth.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created May 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 4


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